Non thunderstorm high wind gusts impacted parts of Finney county.
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Non thunderstorm high wind gusts impacted parts of Finney county.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 11, 2:37 PM CST, 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 337 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007 .DISCUSSION... DAYS 1-2... THE MAIN FORECAST DECISION FOR THIS FORECAST CYCLE CENTERED AROUND HOW FAR SOUTH TO GO WITH THE WATCH ON FRIDAY. THE LATEST RUNS OF THE NAM...GFS AND UKMET ARE DIVERGING. THE GFS AND NAM ARE CLOSE ON BRINGING THE SNOW INTO OUR NORTHWESTERN CWA EARLY FRIDAY...PERHAPS AS EARLY AS 12Z. THE UMKET WOULD BE EVEN SLOWER. HOWEVER...BOTH THE GFS AND NAM ARE NEARLY THE SAME WITH TARGETING OUR NORTHERN 1/2 CWA FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH SOME HEAVY... WET SNOW. SINCE WE WILL HAVE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THE SNOW...THE ACCUMULATION WILL BE SLOW TO START. IF WE SEE SNOWFALL RATES AS HIGH AS 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...THEN THIS SNOW COULD EASILY OVERTAKE THE WARMER SOIL CONDITIONS TO START ACCUMULATION FAST. THEREFORE...TEND TO LEAN MORE TOWARD THE GFS SOLUTION AND BRING SNOW IN OUR NW FRIDAY MORNING...PERHAPS 2 INCHES. THEN SPREAD THE SNOW FARTHER TO THE SOUTHEAST AND INTRODUCE THE SNOW IN DDC BY 18Z AND AFTER. THE LOW AND MID LEVEL FLOW WILL ALLOW FOR DEEP MOISTURE AND SOME HEAVY SNOW BANDING MAINLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. EXPANDED THE WINTER STORM WATCH A ROW OF COUNTIES TO THE SOUTH... GOING 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL FOR MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON. NORTHEAST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE THIS WET SNOW TO STICK FAST AND EASILY TO TREES...POWER LINES AND EVENTUALLY SOME ROADS. FARTHER TO THE NORTH NEAR THE I-70 CORRIDOR...EXPECT THE SNOW AND HEAVY BLOWING SNOW TO START EVEN EARLIER...FRIDAY MORNING...AND THUS WILL GO WITH 5 TO 6 INCHES WITH POTENTIALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THE WINDS WILL BLOW AND DRIFT THE SNOW THERE...ADDING TO THE TRAVEL PROBLEMS. WILL HAVE TO SEE HOW ALL THIS WORKS OUT...AND LATER SHIFTS CAN SURELY UPDATE THE WATCH AND FORECAST AS NEEDED. IN THE NEARER TERM...GOING PRETTY MUCH WITH WHAT I INHERITED. THE QPF SEEMED A LITTLE ON THE HIGH SIDE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...SO TWEAKED THESE GRIDS DOWNWARD. TEMPERATURES WILL BE HARD TO FORECAST...BUT SEE A MILD NIGHT TONIGHT WITH LOWS FROM 34 AT HYS TO 41 AT EHA. CLOUD WILL BE ON THE INCREASE ON THURSDAY SO HIGHS IN THE 50 TO 57 DEGREE RANGE SEEM REASONABLE. LOWS ON THURSDAY NIGHT SHOULD BE NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE TONIGHTS LOW TEMP FIGURES. DO NOT SEE MUCH WARMING AT ALL ON FRIDAY...PERHAPS 3 DEGREES IN THE NORTH TO 5-6 DEGREES IN THE SOUTHEAST. DAYS 3-7... THE ECMWF/CANADIAN MODELS WERE USED FOR THIS FCST CYCLE. THE UPPER SYSTEM WILL BE PULLING AWAY FROM WESTERN KS FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM WILL BE WEAKENING AS IT PASSES SO WRAPAROUND HEAVY SNOWS ARE NOT LIKELY. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL BE MAINLY CONFINED TO THE STRONG WARM ADVECTION PATTERN BEFORE 03Z SAT. THE NEXT SYSTEM DUE INTO KANSAS BY THE TUE-WED TIME FRAME WILL BE STARVED FOR MOISTURE. BUT A FEW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY IF THE SYSTEM SLOWS DOWN AND WALLOWS OVER CO/NM FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. MAXES SATURDAY WILL BE HELD DOWN BY SNOW OVER FROM DDC NORTH. SO I RANGED MAXES FROM 42 NW TO 50 AT P28. TEMPS IN THE EXTENDED WILL BE NEAR CLIMATOLOGICAL VALUES SINCE STRONG DOWNSLOPE AND CANADIAN AIR WILL BE ABSENT. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH 24 HOURS. A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 5 PM OR UNTIL WE LOSE SFC HEATING BUT THESE ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES VERY MUCH. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 38 52 37 42 / 0 0 90 90 GCK 37 54 35 37 / 0 0 90 90 EHA 41 57 40 43 / 0 0 90 90 LBL 40 57 41 45 / 0 0 90 90 HYS 34 50 36 39 / 0 10 100 90 P28 40 53 44 47 / 0 0 90 90 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WATCH FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR KSZ046-061>066-077>079. WINTER STORM WATCH FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR KSZ030-031-043>045. && FN12/24/24
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 503 AM CDT WED APR 11 2007 KSZ046-061>066-074>081-084>090-121015- RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON- GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD- MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- 503 AM CDT WED APR 11 2007 /403 AM MDT WED APR 11 2007/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A COLD FRONT WILL STALL OUT SOUTH OF THE OKLAHOMA BORDER LATE THURDAY. BY FRIDAY A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE DESERT SOUTHWEST INTO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. AS THIS STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS ALONG THE COLD FRONT. NORTH OF THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON ON FRIDAY. ALTHOUGH SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IS NOT EXPECTED THE COMBINATION OF SNOWFALL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES FROM BLOWING SNOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. && FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC KSZ030-031-043>045-121015- TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS- 503 AM CDT WED APR 11 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... A COLD FRONT WILL STALL OUT SOUTH OF THE OKLAHOMA BORDER LATE THUR DAY. BY FRIDAY A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE DESERT SOUTHWEST INTO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. AS THIS STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS ALONG THE COLD FRONT. NORTH OF THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE SNOW IS EXPECTED DEVELOP DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AND CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY IN MANY LOCATIONS BUT A FEW AREAS MAY RECEIVE IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AS GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS INCREASE INTO THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE WHICH MAY PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. AS A RESULT A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BE ISSUED FOR FRIDAY. && FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A 59 mph wind gust was measured at the Garden City airport.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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